OpenBSD 6.6 Released
by from OpenBSD Journal on (#4SR5H)
In amessageto relevant mailing lists,Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) announced that theOpenBSD project's 47th release,OpenBSD 6.6,is now available frommirror sitesworldwide.
Rather than reproducing here the full list of new features,we refer readers to the officialOpenBSD 6.6 page,and the detailedchangelog.
Notable changes include but are not limited to:
- sysupgrade(8) has been added. (Fortunately for those upgrading, this has beenretrofitted to 6.5.)
- The octeon platform now usesclang(1) as the base compiler.
- amdgpu(4), an AMD GPU driver, has been added.
- startx(1) and xinit(1) again work on many modern systems.
- unveil(2) has been improved, and is now used in 77 base programs.
- ntpd(9) now gets and sets the clock in a secure manner when booting, even in the absence of a battery-backed clock.
- smtpd(8) now supports builtin and [experimental] standalone filters.
Those upgrading from version 6.5 should read theUpgrade Guide.
As always, readers are encouraged to show their appreciation inthe conventional manner.